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Grey ink and wash drawing of rococo carved panel ornament with flowers, a bird, a leaping dog and radiating rays.

Design for the Upper Part of the Carved Decoration of a Wall Panel

Johann August Nahl the Elder, 1740

Pen and brown wash sketches of a domed palace with long colonnaded wings and smaller plan studies on paper.

Sketches for a Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Snowy winter landscape with rolling hills, bare trees, a sunlit orange slope, and a pale yellow sky at dusk.

Hudson Valley in Winter from Church's Farm, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of mountains across a flat plain with two small figures, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Mountains across a Plain, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketches of three plants with flowering stems and leaves, labeled with handwritten plant names, on tan paper.

Sketches of Three Plants, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal sketch of two girls in bonnets and long dresses standing close, one with her arm around the other's shoulder.

Two Girls

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil sketch of bare winter trees and distant hills with handwritten color notes, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Winter Landscape with Barren Trees, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil botanical study of a large fern frond beside a flowering stem with lobed leaves and buds on cream paper.

Leaf Studies

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of Shoshone Falls on the Snake River, with cascading water, rocky ledges, and a distant flat-topped mesa.

Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pen and brown ink sketch in four registers showing Alexander the Great's birth, a sacrifice, a battle, and a triumphal proces

Sketchbook Page: Birth of Alexander the Great; Battle of Alexander and Darius; Triumph of Alexander

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical hilltop town with turreted buildings, spires, and classical columns framing the scene.

Stage Design, Town on Hill with Turreted Buildings

Bibiena Family, 1770

Watercolor design drawing of a neoclassical bottle cooler with female masks, gilded grape garlands and a Greek key rim.

Design for a Bottle Cooler

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Circular drawing with a central heraldic shield bearing a tree, flanked by two seated women and cherubs above.

Design for a Tondo with Arms of Cardinal Giulio della Rovere

called il Trometta Niccolò Martinelli, 1570

Architectural elevation drawing of a neoclassical theater facade with eight columns, a pediment, arched windows and a blue-gr

Elevation of the Facade of the Theater, St. Petersburg

Cesare Recanatini, 1850

Pencil sketch of a lone canoeist on misty, calm water with faint horizon lines and a reflection beneath the boat.

Canoe Rider in the Fog, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a whitewashed church with a tall bell tower, tiled roofs and a picket fence under a cloudy sky.

Parish Church of Our Lady of Chiquinquira del Cerrito, Chiquinquira, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of architectural ornaments with an urn, griffin relief, and acanthus scrolls, with handwritten calculati

Architectural Studies and Accounting

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate altar elevation with winged figures, putti, balustrade and carved pedestals.

Design for the Elevation of an Altar with Alternative Suggestions

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Watercolor and ink stage design of a palace interior with arches, columns, and a staircase seen through a large arched openin

Stage Design, Palace Courtyards and Staircases

Bibiena Family, 1800

Pencil study of two cherub heads, one looking up and one sleeping, with sketched feathered wings on pale paper.

Study for Two Cherubim

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Pencil sketch of layered mountains above a valley with shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes below.

Mountains and Valley, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Drawing of a rococo ceiling design with a central circular medallion, scrollwork panels, garlands, and putti on blue-grey pap

Design for a ceiling

Robert de Cotte, 1720

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a mountain valley with a snow-capped peak, agave plants, and a small hut in the foregrou

View of Chimborazo near Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash design with draped curtains, oval medallions, cherubs and columns in a symmetrical decorative scheme.

Decoration for the marriage of Prince Paluzzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Watercolor architectural section of a classical villa interior with columns, pediment, reliefs, statues and vaulted cellars.

Section of a Villa

called Le Romain Francois Soufflot, 1770

Pencil sketches on paper of arches, a palm tree, a horseback rider, ornate capitals and a gabled facade, labeled Ceiling of H

Mixed Sketches around Jaffa, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and pastel drawing of three robed figures in an oval frame, one raising a torch against a pale disk.

Decorative Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a conical mountain peak with rolling ridgelines, with a handwritten note in the lower right corner.

Haystack Mountain from Littleton, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Unfinished watercolor design with floral garlands, wheat stalks and rose vines for a waistcoat embroidery, dated 1780.

Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," "Gilet" Design…

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pencil sketch of a sailboat with full sails above a line of crashing waves on cream paper.

Sailboat and Crashing Wave

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840